Re: Interesting take on The Villages
Interesting read. Seems to have taken more issue with the false history of the area "documented" by the developer than anything else though. Seemed more pointless than negative to me. Unless someone found offensive the fact that the buildings in SS are not historically accurate, or that Silencio Sanchez didn't exist, I'm not sure what the article's point was. It accurately describes a successful development with some hype about it being a "hometown" (and one could argue that where one lives is by definition "hometown"), some colorful faux historical markers, golf cart access to give people a sense of being on permanent vacation, and "consuming" (which I guess is a negative way of saying eating out, shopping and going to the movies). Well, I kind of like all that stuff.
Thanks for posting the article Tal.
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